Excited to announce a newly funded Motor Neuron Disease Research Australia (MNDRA) Innovator Grant ($100K) that will start in 2023. Looking forward to working with Prof. Mark Wilson, Dr. Nicholas Geraghty, Prof. Lezanne Ooi and Dr.…lnkd.in/gYmY-hxn lnkd.in/gk4hTyx8

Excited to announce a newly funded Motor Neuron Disease Research Australia (MNDRA) Innovator Grant ($100K) that will start in 2023. Looking forward to working with Prof. Mark Wilson, Dr. Nicholas Geraghty, Prof. Lezanne Ooi and Dr. Yee Lian Chew. Thanks…lnkd.in/g9DQ3kxy

Latest NatureBank marine natural products paper out now. Thanks to our great collaborators at Melbourne University and the Queensland Museum.  #biodiscovery #naturalproducts #marine #sponge #alkaloid #sbromotyrosine #marinenaturalproducts #bioactive #anti…lnkd.in/gGku5CMH

Great to be part of the panel discussing “Developing Priorities for a Strong Natural Products Sector” at the inaugural Natural Products Futures Forum, which was organised by the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Southern Cross University. Thanks…lnkd.in/g-jHafkV

Excited to announce a newly funded Takeda Pharmaceuticals COCKPI-T grant that will start in 2023. Looking forward to working with Prof. Mark Wilson, Dr. Nicholas Geraghty, Dr. Adam Walker, Prof. Lezanne Ooi and Dr Yee Lian Chew on this exciting natural pr…lnkd.in/gDTnuwJm

Anopterus macleayanus (also known as Queensland Laurel or Macleay Laurel) is a rainforest tree found in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales that has been the source of several unique diterpenoid alkaloids, which belong to the rare and novel a…lnkd.in/gRRj3vr2

14 years since my last visit to Japan, excited to be back in this terrific country to give a series of NatureBank biodiscovery lectures at various Universities. Thank you to all my wonderful hosts at the University of Tokyo, Keio University, Toho #univers…lnkd.in/g65BfDpQ

14 years since my last visit to Japan, excited to be back in this terrific country to give a series of NatureBank biodiscovery lectures at various Universities. Thank you to all my wonderful hosts at the University of Tokyo, Keio University, Tohoku Univer…lnkd.in/gTTCiBph

NatureBank’s Japan lecture series all over, great hosts, new collaborations, and lots of fun along the way. Bullet train (Shinkansen) required on homeward journey from Sendai to Tokyo. See short video taken during the 320 km/h trip! Very relaxing to list…lnkd.in/gc9ivXHg

New malaria drug discovery publication out now in the open access journal, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. Paper entitled: Synthesis and characterisation of new antimalarial fluorinated triazolopyrazine compounds. Thanks to…lnkd.in/gMsqWcgX lnkd.in/gRSrN86H

New natural product-glioblastoma publication out now in the journal Cancers, entitled “Pharmacological Inhibition of Membrane Signaling Mechanisms Reduces the Invasiveness of U87-MG and U251-MG Glioblastoma Cells In Vitro”. Thanks…lnkd.in/g_2Sihbq lnkd.in/giK8TyqF

Latest Marine Natural Products (MNPs) annual review out now with full citations (Nat. Prod, Rep., 2023, 40, 275-325). This is my sixth and final review for this series. It has been an honour and a privilege to be part of this impac…lnkd.in/gMifBxBi lnkd.in/gRanEivv

New biodiscovery publication out now in Journal of Natural Products entitled “Using a Bioactive Eremophila-Derived Serrulatane Scaffold to Generate a Unique Carbamate Library for Anti-infective Evaluations”. Thanks to all our colla…lnkd.in/ebqB5FWz lnkd.in/eEaWzY-9

Open access HIV-focussed biodiscovery publication out now in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy entitled “The Natural Stilbenoid (–)-Hopeaphenol Inhibits HIV Transcription by Targeting both PKC and NF-kB Signaling and CDK 9”. Th…lnkd.in/geiAk8ug lnkd.in/gmD9Xws2

Managed to get away for a bushwalk last weekend at Binna Burra, Lamington National Park - one of my favourite wild places. Getting cold at night in the hinterland of South-East Queensland this time of the year but the days were perfect for walking and exp…lnkd.in/g4ZjN44U

Our late-stage functionalization studies (halogenation and Diversinate reactions) on the potent antimalarial marine natural product thiaplakortone A have now been published in Marine Drugs. Paper entitled, Synthesis and Antimalarial Evaluation of Halogena…lnkd.in/gqxuxMta

This morning it was my great pleasure to present a drug discovery lecture to Year 12 chemistry students from the Moreton Bay Boys’ College (MBBC). My talk today was entitled "Adventures in Natural Product & Medicinal Chemistry", lots of good discussions…lnkd.in/gNsZkYyf

Latest NatureBank paper out now in the open-access journal, International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS). GRIDD research team studied the antibiofilm properties of the sponge-derived natural products ianthelliformisamines A–C…lnkd.in/gRjHcRtw lnkd.in/geFMTzNZ

I’m chasing the elusive work-life balance this weekend. Had an enjoyable afternoon exercising in the sunshine at Queensland Tennis Centre today with a tennis buddy. Great to be playing on the grass again, getting excited about Wimbledon Grand Slam startin…lnkd.in/ghgy_8YV

A NatureBank biodiscovery success story was nationally broadcast on Channel 7’s Sunrise this week. The TV report detailed a collaboration between my group and a team led by Prof. Dan Chambers from The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH,…lnkd.in/gkvu3KdE lnkd.in/gcV5wZVr